You've seen people in Israel's system, Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, who have attacked the deal.

I guess my response to them would be, "What is your exact proposal?"

You're a country of 9 million people. You can't just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.

According to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, no fees will be imposed on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz for a period of 60 days.

Iran will cover the fees for passage through the Strait of Hormuz during the 60-day period.

I think today Prime Minister Netanyahu does not have a coherent policy.

Israel's security cannot be ensured by conquering a neighboring territory.

I don't think we can say that the war is completely over.

The position France has defended from the beginning is Iran must not have a nuclear bomb. Iran must not have long-range ballistic missile capabilities.

And it must stop destabilizing the region, particularly Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen.

President Trump has changed his attitude toward Netanyahu recently, and I think that it is only under that condition that we will be able to build peace.

The United States decided to launch this war because they were not satisfied with the negotiations. That was at the end of February this year.

What we said at that moment was: we are not going to participate in this war. We don't share the objectives because they do not seem clear to us.

For weeks now, we've been calling for the end of the fights and structuring future negotiations.

You cannot achieve regime change through bombing.

What I observe is that there were people around President Trump, both in the political sphere and in the region, who were pushing him to go much further and much stronger.

Regime change is first and foremost an objective that is achieved by peoples themselves—at least that is what we believe.

Otherwise, it requires massive ground operations, months or years of war. Look at what happened in Afghanistan. Did regime change succeed after more than ten years? No.

So I think we need to have a lot of humility and lucidity.

Regarding Lebanon, I would say that Prime Minister Netanyahu must demonstrate a sense of responsibility and rationality.

The stock market just hit a new all-time high. The 401Ks just hit a new all-time high.

And oil is dropping like a rock. Other than that, it's another day in paradise.

The Congressional Medal of Honor.

I wanted to give it to myself, but I was informed I couldn't do it, and I couldn't find anything where I was actually worthy.

Pete Hegseth, he has had some good victories lately. He is gonna have a lot more.

When President Trump arrived, he thought Ukraine was going to lose. That's why he wanted a quick peace agreement.

Remember January–February 2025. He thought Ukraine was going to lose. It was going badly in the Oval Office with President Zelensky.

President Trump saw that everything he had been told—"they will collapse," "they won't get through the winter"—was false.

And that he is dealing with brave, innovative people whom he respects.